Humanitarian partners urge donors to remain committed to the millions in need in Yemen

6 May 2024— Ahead of the Sixth Senior Officials Meeting on 7 May in Brussels, the United Nations, international NGOs and Yemeni Civil Society Organisations urgently appeal for sustained support for the 18.2 million people in need in Yemen. Five months into 2024, just $0.4 billion of the 2024 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan requirement of $2.7 billion has been received.

After nine years of conflict, over half the population in Yemen—18.2 million people, including 14 million women and children—requires humanitarian assistance and protection services.

The humanitarian community in Yemen, committed to serving populations in a principled manner, continues to deliver one of the world’s largest humanitarian responses in a challenging and complex operational environment. In 2023, 229 humanitarian actors—the majority of whom were local partners—supported an average of 8.4 million people each month with life-saving protection and humanitarian assistance. Aid is reaching those in need, despite constraints of access and funding.

Today, Yemen is at a crossroads. The country witnessed slight improvements in humanitarian conditions following the UN-brokered truce and its de facto continuation. With these gains, partners have moved towards resilience-building programming, promoting sustainable solutions by addressing the drivers of needs. However, we cannot ignore the significant humanitarian needs that remain and that cannot be addressed without adequate funding to respond.

Economic decline, deteriorating public services and infrastructure and displacement induced by conflict and climate-related disasters continue to drive the humanitarian crisis. Rising food insecurity, the risk of increasing malnutrition rates - particularly among pregnant and lactating women, older people and children - and the spread of cholera during the current rainy season, pose threats to communities across the country. Violations of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law continue, and the presence of explosive remnants of war results in death, injury and displacement, restricts access to agricultural land and resettlement and hinders post-conflict reconstruction and development efforts.

Funding for a focused and well-prioritized 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan must be ensured to sustain the gains made and prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation. To date, only $435 million of Yemen’s 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan requirement of $2.7 billion has been funded–leaving unmet requirements of $2.3 billion. Underfunding poses a challenge to the continuity of humanitarian programming, causing delays, reductions and suspensions of lifesaving assistance programmes. These challenges directly affect the lives of millions who depend on humanitarian assistance and protection services for survival.

Humanitarian partners are committed to transforming the response in Yemen and reducing humanitarian needs. As partners, together, we will continue to improve the quality of humanitarian assistance and maximize impact with targeted, quality programming based on need. Partners will expand collaboration with development actors and promote more Yemeni leadership for a locally-led and locally informed response, to help Yemenis rebuild their futures. To do so, however, humanitarian partners’ sustained support is required.

Inaction would have catastrophic consequences for the lives of Yemeni women, children and men. The Sixth Senior Officials Meeting is a critical moment to galvanize support and collective action to address the deteriorating crisis. The humanitarian community appeals to donors to urgently address existing funding gaps, and provide sustainable support to enhance resilience and reduce aid dependency.

Signed,

UN agencies

1. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Yemen

2. International Organization for Migration (IOM)

3. The World Food Programme (WFP)

4. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Yemen

5. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Yemen

6. United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

7. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Yemen

8. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

9. UN Women Yemen

10. World Health Organization (WHO) Yemen

International non-governmental organisations

1. Accept International

2. Acted

3. Action For Humanity International

4. Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

5. CARE

6. Concern Worldwide

7. Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

8. Direct Aid

9. The HALO Trust

10. International Medical Corps (IMC)

11. International Rescue Committee (IRC)

12. INTERSOS

13. Islamic Relief

14. Medair

15. Medecins du Monde

16. Medglobal

17. Mercy Corps

18. Norwegian Refugee Council

19. OXFAM

20. People In Need (PIN)

21. Polish Humanitarian Action (Polska Akcja Humanitarna)

22. Première Urgence Internationale (PUI)

23. READ Foundation

24. Relief International

25. Save the Children

26. Solidarités International

27. Qatar Charity (QC)

28. Vision Hope International (VHI)

29. War Child Alliance

30. War Child Canada

31. ZOA

Yemeni civil society organisations

1. Abductees Mothers Association

2. Abs development organization for woman & child

3. Abyan Youth foundation

4. Adan Network for Humiliation work

5. Aden Center for Monitoring,Studies & Traning

6. Aden Promising Youth Foundation

7. Ahrar Organization for Human Rights and Development

8. Alakhar Center For peace And Development

9. Alamal Women’s and Sociocultural Foundation

10. Alaman Organization for Blind Women Care

11. Al-anwar Development Foundation

12. albaru walahisan altanmawia

13. Al-Ghaith for Human Development

14. Al-Hay at Foundation for Early Intervention For Children with Special Needs - Aden

15. Al-Hayat Foundation for Early Intervention

16. All Girls Foundation

17. Al-Mamoun foundation

18. Altwaul for Human Development

19. Al-Wadah Foundation for Dialogue and Development

20. Al-Wed Development Foundation

21. Arman Social Development Foundation

22. Athar Association for women's development

23. Autistic Association for Aden Children

24. Badeel founadtion for development

25. Bard Al ata Association Dev

26. Basamat Development Foundation

27. bassmasafaadevelopmenfoundatio

28. Bena Charity for Human Development

29. Benevolence Coalition for Humanitarian Relief

30. Benevolent fund for out standing students

31. Best Future Foundation

32. Bina Insan Foundation for Development

33. bright Tomorrow Foundation

34. Building Foundation For Development

35. Children Protection & Care Organisation

36. Coalition of Relief and Building

37. Democracy school

38. Deem for Development Organization Developmental Reayah Foundation

39. Diversity Organization

40. Eiwa social foundation for relief and development

41. El-abda Assembly For Women Development

42. Enjaz foundation for development

43. Eradajareeh foundation for devlopment

44. Experts for Development Org

45. Fawafid Foundation for Sustainable Development

46. for daar

47. Field Medical Foundation (FMF)

48. For Human Development Foundation

49. For you organization

50. ForAden Development Foundation

51. Foundation coalition of Humanitarian relief and Development

52. Future Pioneers Foundation for Training and Development

53. Generations Without Qat

54. Ghadaq for development

55. Ghenaa MOHAMMAD Naij AL hemery

56. Happy Family Association

57. Himaya Organization for civil orientation (HOCO)

58. Human Building Organization

59. Human Development Foundation HDF

60. Human Foundation for Humanitarian Work

61. Humanitarian access for partnership and development - Shabwa

62. Human Access (HA)

63. Humanitarian Action Library-Yemen

64. Humanitarian Development Program

65. Humanitarian organization for women and children

66. Imprint of Life Foundation for Humanitarian Works

67. International Youth Council Yemen

68. Istetla for polling and advisory center

69. jameiat alkhayr alnasawia

70. Jannaty Foundation for Development

71. Joodn Organization For Development and Peace

72. Khadija Foundation for Development

73. Khudh Bayadi Foundation

74. Khudh Beyadi Development Foundation

75. Localisation and Optimization of Response Initiative In Yemen

76. MA'ALI FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

77. Maharati Foundation for Human Development

78. Marib Dam Foundation for Social Development

79. Marib Girls Foundation

80. Massa Hawa Foundation for Development

81. Mawaddah Foundation and for Women Children Development

82. Media for peace MFP

83. Mercy Humanitarian Foundation

84. Millennium Development Foundation

85. Modern Social Association(MSA)

86. Nabd Alhayat Charitable Development Foundation

87. Nabd Development and Evolution Organization

88. Nahda Makers Organization

89. National Foundation for Development and Humanitarian Response

90. National Society for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development

91. Neda'a Foundation for Development

92. Ola Al-Majd Foundation for Development

93. PASMH for Humanitarian Action

94. Peace way development foundation

95. prince foundation for awareness and human development

96. Productive Women Association Al , Dhalea Governorate

97. Qarar foundation for media and development

98. Qiam for Foundation Responsive and Development

99. QUEEN FOUNDATION for Development and Human Rights

100. Ramz Development Foundation

101. Rawafed Al Khair Foundation for Social Development

102. Rawahel Function Development

103. Relief and Development Peer Foundation

104. Relief without Borders for development and Humanitarian Response

105. Rescue foundaton for development

106. Rofqa for Humanitarian Development

107. Romoz Association Developmental For Deaf and special needs

108. Sada Foundation for Building and Development

109. Salam Yemen Foundation for Relief and Humanitarian Development

110. Sameera Omer Abdullah Baghlab Almashgry

111. Sana'a Coalition for Relief and Development

112. Selah Foundation for Development

113. Shibam Social Assoeiation For Development

114. Social coexistence Foundation

115. Social Development Hodeidah Girls Foundation

116. Society for humanitarian solidarity

117. SOUL for Development

118. Steps Foundation for Civil Development

119. student care society

120. Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF)

121. Talented Youth Academy Est

122. Tamdeen Yoth Foundation

123. The Social Service For Development And Training

124. The Coalition of Humanitarian Relief

125. Tomorrow Foundation For sustainable development and humanitarian relief

126. Transparency Foundation for Human Rights for Development and Studies

127. Wedyan Association For Society Development

128. Welfare Association for student's care

129. Wenan for Human development

130. Woman Foundation for Development

131. Yemen Alkhair for Relief and Development Foundation (YARD)

132. Yamaniyat Development Association

133. Yamany Foundation for Development and Humanitarian Work

134. Yanabia Al-khair Charity Foundation

135. Yemen center for Human rights studies

136. Yemen Family Care Association

137. Yemen General Union of Sociologists , Social Workers and Psychologists

138. Yemen international agency for development

139. Yemen Organization for Humanitarian Relief and Development (MONA)

140. Yemen Women Union

141. Yemeni NGOs Coalition For Child Rights Care

142. Youth hayat group

143. Youth of Peace for Development

144. Youth Vision Foundation for Development and Human Rights

*Three additional Yemeni CSOs have signed but wished to not add their names publicly.